[ArtTimeInvestor]

     "...the slowing GDP growth rate in America..."

What are they talking about?

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP

[fogcity]

Click the "Edit Graph" button, and change the unit to "Change from Year Ago, Billions of Dollars" to see the evidence.

[alecco]

https://pricedingold.com/us-gdp/

[ArtTimeInvestor]

I don't see anything that looks like a "slowing" in mid 2018.

Q1, Q2 and Q3 2018 are all higher than anything that came before.

[OKRainbowKid]

I don't see the contradiction?

[ArtTimeInvestor]

I don't see anything that looks like a "slowing" in mid 2018.

Growth in Q1, Q2 and Q3 2018 was higher than anything that came before.